A policeman secures Herat city, as President Hamid Karzai is sworn-in for a second termPhotograph: Jalil Rezayee/EPAKarzai greets the guards of honour as he arrives at the presidential palace for his inauguration in KabulPhotograph: Anja Niedringhaus/APKarzai greets the guards of honour with a wavePhotograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP
The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, Karzai and Richard Holbrooke, the US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, at the presidential palace in KabulPhotograph: APKarzai bows to a guard of honour before his swearing-in ceremonyPhotograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty ImagesKarzai kisses a large copy the Qur'an during his swearing-in ceremonyPhotograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty ImagesKarzai with vice-president Karim Khalili and vice-president Mohammad Qasim FahimPhotograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty ImagesA man follows Karzai's inauguration ceremony at the presidential palacePhotograph: Anja Niedringhaus/APThe inauguration at the presidential palacePhotograph: Musadeq Sadeq/APDavid Miliband is fitted for a microphone before speaking with reporters after attending the ceremonyPhotograph: Maya Alleruzzo/APGermany's foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, attends a meeting at Afghanistan's foreign affairs ministry after Karzai was sworn in Photograph: Omar Sobhani/ReutersHamid Karzai shakes hand with defence minister Abdul Rahim WardakPhotograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty ImagesClinton smiles during a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in KabulPhotograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images
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